LOVE'S OTHER

" Love always involves responsibility, and love always involves sacrifice. And we do not really love Christ unless we are prepared to face His task and to take up His Cross." - William Barclay


John 17:23-34 (NLT)
23  I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.
24 "Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.


It was such a lovely weekend and I couldn't just snuff it out of my mind, at least not yet. Especially having to attend one of the biggest weddings that made headlines in the tabloids,magazines and of course, all the social media weren't left out. Thanks to my good friend who made me attend the wedding with her. The high point was when we both and one of our dearest friends decided to sit, chill out somewhere and talk about all the happenings in our lives. We spoke of how our various Sunday services had gone that day and how each of us had been immensely blessed, to how we were pursuing our careers and our love for various talents/skills. Then, we went on to all the juicy relationship talk (of ourselves and others we knew). Just in the middle of the whole conversation I asked this question, "Does love always have to be expressive?" "Oh yes, it definitely has to" answered one of my girl friends as she recounted how she had to go an extra mile to show someone she still cared about their friendship.

Sacrifice is the language true love speaks, the summation of any set of love languages is simply sacrifice. So full of love towards mankind, God had to show how much He really loved man by taking upon Himself the form of a man and dying on the cross to ensure man's redemption. When we claim to love, we must understand that a level of sacrifice is required, be it in a love relationship with your partner (in which most times such deeds of love have to be reciprocated else the other party could get to feel they're not loved) or your acquaintance with the persons you relate to each day. Even in your friendships sacrifice is paramount but when the other person tends to still withdraw even after all the sacrifice shown to keep the friendship going, then it should be understood that though love should be sacrificial, friendship shouldn't be forced on anyone.

Bottom line: In a time such as this when love is scarcely seen expressed by many people, there may be no better way to express love toward others than to say a word of prayer for them, for it takes every part of you to do so. You see, I have found that one way to grow my love for people is to pray for them because you can't pray for anyone if you do not love them enough to see them excel in all that they do. The more we pray for people, the more love flows in our hearts toward them. Prayer is an expression of love for people, an expression which they may not see but God sees. Let's not relent in loving others. Scriptures reveal to us that God loves us as He loves Jesus. Let's see others the same way God sees them.


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